Garter-supporter.



No. 717,806. y PATENTED JAN. 6, 1903.

l M. L. BUGKAU.

GARTEB. SUPPORTER. APPLICATION FILED 00111902.

No MODEL.

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GARTER-rSUPPORTER.

SPECIFGATION forming part Of Letters Eatent NO. 717,806, dated January 6, 1903.

Application led October '7, 1902.

.To all wwn t r11/tty concern:

Be it known that I, MARY L. BUCKAU, a citi- Zen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Garter-Supporter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. g

The purpose of my invention is to provide a garter to or from which a support may be quickly and conveniently attached or de tached, which support is adapted for attachment to the side of a corset, so that the hose may be comfortably held up by means of garters and without the aid ofv clips, thuspre- Venting laceration of the hose, and so that the garter is prevented from slipping from position and the wearer is assured ot perfect safety even when the garter is worn comparatively loose.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be Ahereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the iigures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a garter'and its support, illustrating the manner in which the support is attached to a corset. Fig. 2 is a side eleva-tion of a garter and its support; and Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the support for the garter, illustrating its construction when it is to be used with a garter employed to hold up a short stocking.

A represents a garter, which is shown provided with a buckle 10 at the front, though the said buckle may be omitted, if desired, and the garter is provided at each side with a ring 11. (Shown in Figs. 1 and 2.)

In connection with the garter A a supporter B is employed, and this supporter' consists of two lower members 12 and 13, carried through a suitable adjusting slide or buckle 18 in opposite directions, and at the lower end of each member 12 and 13 a snap-hook 1Jc is secured. These snap-hooks are engaged with the rings 11, as is also shown in Figs. l and 2. In. the further construction of the supporter B an Serial No. 126,320. (No model.)

upper single member 15 is employed, adjustably connected by the said slide or buckle 1S or equivalent device with the lower members 12 and 13 at their point of separation, and at the upper end of the single member l5 a safetypin 16 is horizontally secured, and this pin is attached to the ltab 17', which extends downward from the lower side portion of acorset B'. Under this construction it will be observed that when the garter is placed in position over 'the hose on a limb-the garter will be fitted only sufficiently tight to comfortably hold the hose in Aits upright or stretched position, as the supporter B will eectuallyprevent the garter from slipping from its adjusted position, and by carrying the supporter from the sides of the garter up to the side portion of a corset the supporter is comfortably worn and will not interfere in any manner with the freedom of the limbs and does not in an}T degree confine or chate the abdomen. By reason of the snap-hooks 14 the supporter may be quickly and conveniently disconnected from the garter when desired, so that the supporters may be left attached to the corset and the garters may be readily removed with the hose.

In Fig. 3 I have illustrated a construction of supporter identical with that shown in Fig. 1, except that an intermediate lower member 19 is provided adjustable by means of a suitable slide 20, and at the lower end of this intermediate member 19 a clip 2l of any approved form is located, which clip is adapted to engage with the upper edge of a short stocking or a stockingv which extends but slightly above the knee, as` under such circumstances the garter may not be sufficient to hold the stocking in place, and should the garter become unduly stretched the intermediate member 19 will prevent the stocking from sagging down.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination with a garter having opposing side rings, of a supporter consisting of an upper single member, means carried by said member for attaching it to the corset, diverging lower members adjustably connected ICO with the upper single member, and snapname to this specification in the presence of hooks ab the lower ends of the diverging memtwo subscribing Witnesses. ber, adapted for removable engagement with the rings of the garter, whereby the garter MARY L' UCKAU' 5 has an equal support at each side and is thus Witnesses:

comfortably held in position, as described. J. FRED. ACKER,

In testimony whereof I have signed my JNO. M. RITTER. 

